DjAmTraX
Now known as: HiFiGuy528
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Is it me or did Sony killed the ES line? I can't seem to find anything on the ES line on their web site.
Why the elite audio press snubbed these magnificent components is a mystery to me.
The line is now sold exclusively by audio-video installers, mostly, receivers, although the SCD-XA5400ES SACD player is still in the line. It appears the music reproduction world as we have known it is coming to an end. Computer audio has changed everything, from the way we acquire, store, and listen to our music. With converging quality and convenience, conductible from a laptop, what's the point of Elevated Standard components from Sony. Soon, we'll all be downloading 24/96 onto our hard drives and sending out from USB to appropriate amplification and speakers. No need for source components, other than to rip our existing vinyl, CD, SACD, and Compact Cassette libraries to the hard drive.
BTW, I'm a big ES fan. My system: Sony TA-E9000ES, TA-N9000ES, TA-P9000ES, TC-K950ES, PS-4750, DVP-S9000ES, ST-SA50ES, (2) PCM-7010's with RM-D7200, TA-N80ES, RDR-GX7, SBM-1, & TCD-D8. I had many others including a TA-E80ES which I'm sorry I sold. I'm looking to buy one used , now. At any rate, folks are getting wise to these awesome components. Keep your eye out on E-Bay listings. Why the elite audio press snubbed these magnificent components is a mystery to me.
Because they get paid for advertisements from competitors.
The Japanese have some awesome engineers, and I hope that companies like TEAC can continue to support offshoots such as Esoteric. The TEAC name meant something once-upon-a-time, but the local 'franchise' here in Oz just rebadges the cheapest and nastiest electronics goods they can find and slaps them in a Target/Woolies for the dribbler brigade - sad.